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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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July 6, 2017
The fully restored GMC pickup that won “Best in Show” at the 2016 Camas Car Show.

Reinventing the wheels

If you were one of the estimated 5,000 people who attended last year’s 11th annual Camas Car Show, chances are pretty good that Janelle and Richard Cummins’ restored 1948 GMC pickup truck caught your eye.

June 29, 2017
This illustration shows the proposal for Camas' newest public park, the Green Mountain Park, which the Camas City Council plans to discuss on Monday, Aug. 7. (Contributed illustration/Courtesy of city of Camas)

Camas’ newest city park begins to take shape in Green Mountain subdivision

If approved as-is by the Camas City Council later this summer, the city’s latest public park would offer residents a new space to play with their children on the play structure, picnic with their families at ADA-accessible picnic tables and barbecue pits, play a game of volleyball or basketball or simply walk on the trails and take in the gorgeous views.

June 29, 2017
Nan Henriksen, the first woman to be elected mayor of Camas in the 1980s, billed as the visionary who led the city away from a mill-based economy and into the 21st century and once named Camas' "Political Leader of the Century," will be crowned queen of the 2017 Camas Days Royal Court at a coronation event set for 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 12, at Columbia Ridge Senior Living in Washougal. Tickets are available to the public for this dessert reception and coronation, and cost $5 per person.

Benevolent Queen Nan

Nan Henriksen is sitting in a remote corner of a downtown Camas cafe, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible. But that doesn’t stop well-wishers from shouting “Hi, Nan!” to the woman who was once named Camas’ “Political Leader of the Century” as soon as they spot her.

June 15, 2017

Camas woman has been found

A Camas woman who was reported as missing Thursday, was located safe that same day. Kristina Cutler-Moore, a developmentally disabled woman, had been last seen…

June 15, 2017
Above: Camas resident Jim Hart stands at the beginning of the Red Tape Trail inside Lacamas Lake Regional Park on Monday, June 12. Hart fears that volunteer maintenance workers have been over-trimming the ferns seen here.But bicyclists and trail maintenance volunteers say they cut the ferns back for safety and visibility reasons.
Left: Hart, a lifelong Camas-Washougal resident and avid hiker, measures a shared-use hiking-biking trail in Lacamas Lake Regional Park. Hart says volunteer trail maintenance crews have drastically cut back the lush ferns that normally grow along the trail.

Growing pains inside Lacamas Lake Park?

Jim Hart is on a mission to find hacked-up ferns inside Lacamas Lake Regional Park. It’s drizzling and the trail is a bit muddy, but Hart, an avid hiker and…